Praise for the previous edition:"...offer[s] detail-rich discussions...consider for assignment use..."—School Library JournalMars exploration has never been more active, and our understanding o
Praise for the previous edition:"...offer[s] detail-rich discussions...consider for assignment use..."—School Library JournalThe Messenger mission to Mercury opened a new window into the inner
Unlike all the planets closer to the Sun, known since antiquity, the farthest reaches are the discoveries of the modern world. Uranus was discovered in 1781, Neptune in 1846, Pluto in 1930, the Kuipe
Processes governing the evolution of planetesimals are critical to understanding how rocky planets are formed, how water is delivered to them, the origin of planetary atmospheres, how cores and magnetic dynamos develop, and ultimately, which planets have the potential to be habitable. Theoretical advances and new data from asteroid and meteorite observations, coupled with spacecraft missions such as Rosetta and Dawn, have led to major advances in this field over the last decade. This transdisciplinary volume presents an authoritative overview of the latest in our understanding of the processes of planet formation. Combining meteorite, asteroid and icy body observations with theory and modelling of accretion and orbital dynamics, this text also provides insights into the exoplanetary system and the search for habitable worlds. This is an essential reference for those interested in planetary formation, solar system dynamics, exoplanets and planetary habitability.
Praise for the previous edition:"...offer[s] detail-rich discussions..."—School Library Journal "...a wealth of specific facts and detailed explanations...Teachers and students alike will
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Earth is at once too large and too small. It exceeds human scale, and yet even medieval manusc
